With wills and dictating how the one left is to live their life, how on earth was the solicitor to check on the wife? No neighbours would know what was in the will, and possibly would not care how the lady lived after her husband died anyway. If a lady had a man caller, and the solicitor lived many miles away, he would never know. Anyway, maybe the man came around to chop her wood or clean the fireplace or do the garden.....I wondered reading the lines about the taking up a relationship with another man after the husband died, whether he had his suspicions about the man down the road and just wanted to warn him off, but then again if the man down the road had no idea what was in the will......I guess what the deceased man was trying to say was that if she married someone, that was ok, but anything else unacceptable...fair enough. Rob On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 6:20 AM, althea.john <althea.john@ntlworld.com>wrote: > Mine usual say until they remarry and then names who its to be willed to. > It > depends on the solicitor how they advise them to safeguard their > children`s > inheritance > althea > > -----Original Message----- > From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Bennett > Sent: 18 May 2012 14:09 > To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Will Wording > > > I have a copy of a mid-19th century will which includes the expression ". > but if in the case my said wife shall form any illicit or immoral > connexion > . then such annuity absolutely to cease". > > I wondered if this expression was in common usage or if anything should be > read between the lines? > > John Bennett > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply > to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Robyn Freney-Shaw Manager/Co-Ordinator Spiritus Soup Kitchen Toowoomba.